Poker raids

Here we go again. A couple of years ago the Fairfax County Police got a hard on for raiding poker games that took a rake.  Then when they ran out of games to raid in their jurisdiction, some enterprising young fellows started robbing games throughout the area.  Then it got quiet for a while and…

Another absurd poker raid.  Mount Pleasant police dealt a wild card when they raided a poker game Cheseborough was attending Wednesday night, handing out citations and seizing nearly $6,000 from 22 stunned players who had gathered for some Texas Hold ’em. … Four people gathered at the house Thursday [the day after the raid], all…

Another card club was raided, this time in Philly: Operating in a dusty warehouse in Port Richmond, the Philadelphia Players Club officially went out of business Thursday night, when police raided the casino, arrested five employees and hauled off a truckload of poker tables and other gaming gear. Authorities anticipate arresting at least four more…

I’m a part of a message board where one of the advertised games was robbed at gunpoint.  (This is starting to happen a lot here in Washington.  This is the third such robbery as of late.) The problem is serious and real: if the community website has a listing of raked poker games (the prosecutable…

How stupid do you have to be to run a raked* poker game in Northern Virginia after Fairfax County has clearly announced its intention to bust all such games?  They raided the Centreville and Reston games, held a press conference talking about how illegal it was, and then made sure the operators each pulled a…

This Poker Raid story mentions profits of five to ten thousand dollars per night.  It’s almost certainly a lie.  Here’s how you can tell.

The Attorney General of NC claims that poker is illegal in the state, but it’s unclear enough that enforcement is spotty.  A company that organizes poker tourneys for businesses has pre-emptively sued to cause a judge to rule in the matter. Link: North Carolina Poker Laws Challenged.

Police draw pair of arrests in gambling raid, July 1, 2005 Quote: Mr. Singletary was leasing the residence and had set up a large poker table in the living room, authorities said. He and Mr. Stewart face a felony charge each because police said they took a cut of each game’s money. A "concerned citizen"…